From the Pastor

HOLY THURSDAY

We encourage all Parishioners to attend the Vesper Liturgy of St. Basil on Holy Thursday at 11:00 a.m. This Divine Liturgy will be co-celebrated by the Pastors of our Ukrainian Catholic Parishes of the Syracuse and Buffalo Deaneries. Holy Thursday is the traditional day in which the Institution of The Priesthood is celebrated. All our Pastors gather together to give thanks for their priesthood and want to share this day with the faithful. Please make every effort to come to church on this day at 11:00 a.m. SUNDAY SCHOOL NEWS A Children’s Liturgy will be celebrated on Sunday, April 13, 2014 at the 10:30 a.m. Divine Liturgy. Parents are encouraged to sit with their children in the front pews.

EASTER BREAD PICK UP

Those who have not picked up the Easter Bread they ordered through the Rectory may do so today after the Divine Liturgy in Wolensky Hall (school cafeteria) from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. EASTER FOOD AND ARTS & CRAFTS SALE The annual Easter Food and Arts & Crafts Sale will be held in Wolensky Hall on Saturday, April 12 from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday, April 13 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. At this time you will also be able to pick up the Easter Breads that were ordered.

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SUNDAY AFTER THEOPHANY

Ephesians 4: 7-13

       Brethren: Each of us has received God’s favor in the measure in which Christ bestows it. Thus you find Scripture saying: “When he ascended on high, he took a host of captives and gave gifts to men.” “He ascended” – what does this mean but that he had first descended into the lower regions of the earth? He who descended is the very one who ascended high above the heavens, that he might fill all men with his gifts.

     

Ukrainian Catholic Retreat        Members of Saint Josaphats Ukrainian Catholic Church have a long history of participation in Retreats. For many years men and women of the Parish participated in Men’s Retreats or Women’s Retreats conducted by Roman Rite priests of the Redemptorist Order.      read more

St. Josaphats Festival        The St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Festival was established in 1973 as an effort to introduce Ukrainian Arts and Crafts, Ukrainian food, and Ukrainian music and dance to the Greater Rochester community. Since its       read more